Qing Wu Red House

Although Luomei Courtyard is located behind the Rongguo Mansion, it is also an elegant place.At that time, the old man chose Lixiangyuan as? [Xiu Xiaoyuaner, just because he liked the small gate facing the street.In fact, the adjacent courtyard is even more exquisite.However, since the old man lived in the Pear Fragrance Courtyard, the courtyard has been vacant, and only a few red plums have been planted for the old man to enjoy on weekdays.

Mrs. Wang didn't want to reopen this small courtyard, but Jia Zheng received a letter from Jia Lian a few days ago, and she was concerned about the resettlement of the brothers and sisters of the Lin family. .Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng agreed very much, and went back to the old lady himself to renovate the small courtyard.When Baoyu heard the news, he came to take care of him every few days. He also signed his name and hung it on the door.The behavior of the father and son made Mrs. Wang feel a little stymied, but due to her status, she still managed the arrangement of Luomeiyuan in a proper manner.No, in order to show that my aunt attaches great importance to Daiyu, she also asked the eldest girl Jin Chuaner to accompany Daiyu to Luomeiyuan in person.

Luomei Courtyard is very busy at the moment. Although Mrs. Wang is very responsible for the renovation of the courtyard, she still needs to go through some arrangements before she can actually live in it. It is extremely busy to tidy up, clean, and move things all at once.Today, as soon as Daiyu entered the mansion, she took Xueyan and Muqing to the upper room to meet Jiamu.Relying on the fact that she is an old man in Rongguo Mansion, Zijuan inquired about the yard arranged for Daiyu, and brought a group of people in first to clean it up. She was very busy at the moment.

Just now Xueyan sent a little girl to report that Daiyu, Tengman and Bao Erye and several girls had all come.Zijuan hurriedly ordered Errong to wait at the door, while she, Xiuju, and a few little maids quickened her movements.

Er Rong saw Daiyu and her party coming from a distance, so she rushed to the door and shouted: "Young lady is back!"

Baochai, Tanchun and others were about to laugh at Daiyu when they saw such a scene, when they saw Zijuan came out from the door with five or six maids. Let's ask."

"Brother has come back?" Daiyu chuckled.Zijuan replied: "The uncle has taken Yuan Qing and the others to tidy up the house in the back street, and told the girl to rest first, and then go to visit the old lady with the girl later. The house has been tidied up, and the girl is going in quickly Rest!"

Daiyu looked at Zijuan with a smile: "There are no rules, haven't you seen any guests coming? Hurry up and let Xiuju prepare tea and snacks!" Zijuan smiled and said: "Yes, yes, we have no rules. The girl is still afraid I will wrong some girls." He said with a smile, and hurriedly bowed to Baochai and others.Baochai said with a smile: "Zicuckoo and Mao'er went back to the south, and this feeling has changed. Look at this whole body style, which is actually a bit stronger than that young lady from a small family."

Tenman smiled at the side: "Sister Bao is right. Our Zijuan girl is not the kind of Xiaojiabiyu who can be compared. She is the person in Sister Lin's heart. After this, there must be good luck." Zijuan is a little She smiled shyly: "Miss Teng is teasing me again, let Xiao Yezi talk about the girl in a while!" Baoyu smiled and watched the few people talking, and felt that there was nothing happier than this in the world.

Entering Luomei Courtyard, the servants who were busy in the courtyard stopped their work and said hello to Daiyu.Baoyu, Yingchun, Xichun and others didn't care about these things, but both Baochai and Tanchun couldn't help but think to themselves: After Daiyu went back to Yangzhou, something changed. It wasn't obvious when I first saw her. Maybe it was her state of mind. Maybe ideas.In short, the current Daiyu is no longer the little girl who lived in Rongguo Mansion a year ago.

As soon as they walked into the living room, everyone's eyes could not help but light up.His eyes were immediately attracted by a landscape painting hanging on the wall.Xichun was especially fond of paintings, so she couldn't help but took a few steps forward, and looked at them intently.After looking closely, I couldn't help but let out a 'huh', and said in surprise: "Sister Lin, what kind of painting is this? I look familiar but can't figure it out. Moreover, the strength of this brush is also very strange?"

When Xichun asked such a question, everyone could not help but take a few steps forward.Daiyu hadn't answered yet, but Baochai wondered, "Where is this a painting? The fourth younger sister looked carefully, it is clearly an embroidery work!" Baoyu clapped her hands and laughed, "Isn't it? It really is an embroidery work. Sister Bao really looked at it carefully. However, such fine stitching is so amazing. Sister Lin, please tell us carefully, who made this embroidery work?"

Daiyu gave up her seat with a smile: "Let's sit down and talk, what are you talking like standing here!" Then everyone sat down on a row of red sandalwood armchairs one by one.Daiyu's small hall is well-decorated.The main seat is a table, with a wisteria armchair on each side, and a huanghuali couplet and two cabinets on the back wall, on which are simply a pair of blue and white glazed vases from official kilns of the Song Dynasty. , probably because it was the filial piety period, no brightly colored flower branches were placed in the vase, but a few flowers and plants with green leaves were randomly inserted.

Four chairs are placed on the east and west sides for hospitality.At this time, Baoyu, Baochai and others all took their seats.Zicuckoo took a few little maids to serve tea and snacks.

Tanchun was still the person who was most interested in that painting, so he hurriedly said, "Sister Lin is talking about the origin of this painting. I just thought about it carefully, and I think this painting is a bit like Huang Gongwang's "Fushan The taste of "Spring Dwelling Picture"."

Daiyu smiled admiringly and said, "Sister Xichun really has research on painting. When I saw this work that day, I thought about it for a long time but didn't see the way. It was only remembered by my brother's guidance." Daiyu Yu smiled and made a fool of himself: "This embroidery is an acquaintance of everyone!"

Everyone was a little surprised, only that Xiren stood behind Baoyu, turned his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "What Miss Lin said, could it be that girl Qingwen?" Daiyu looked up at Xiren, and saw Xiren Today she was wearing a concubine-colored embroidered peony jacket and a dark blue pleated embroidered long skirt, looking extremely delicate.

"It's that girl!" Zijuan said with a smile, "Qingwen is really amazing. Not only did we get a lot of favor from our mother Song, but she also caught the eyes of Mrs. Chu. This picture is Mrs. Chu's idea." , Mr. Chu and our uncle were asked to write and copy the base, and Mu Qing and Qingwen held the needles, and it took a full two months to complete the embroidery."

"That's really a waste of time!" Xichun clapped her hands and laughed.

"Isn't it?" Daiyu then continued: "Mrs. Chu said that the "Fushan Spring Dwelling Picture" is too complicated. If it is all embroidered on silk, I am afraid that the two girls will not be able to finish it in a year or two. So I intercepted a section from it." , and jokingly named it "The Picture of Remaining Mountains." As soon as Daiyu's words fell, Tenman choked on the tea, sprayed it all over the floor, and coughed uncontrollably.

Panicked, Daiyu hurriedly stood up and patted her on the back: "What's the matter? You can't stop drinking tea!" Tenman waved his hands, still in pain.Her personal maids, Xiao Yezi and Zhitao Zhihui, hurriedly supported Tenman to go to the inner room to change clothes.

Interrupted by Tenman, everyone stopped talking.Only then did Daiyu ask Zijuan to take out the gifts she had brought and distribute them to everyone one by one.At this time, Tanchun proposed to visit Daiyu's room, and everyone jokingly went to Daiyu's inner room.

Zijuan said with a smile: "Girls, let's talk for a while, I will call sister Jin Chuaner and the others to sit with me." Daiyu smiled: "I know you have brought something, go quickly, Xueyan also Go, as long as there are Mu Qing and Xiu Ju here!"

"Well, thank you, girl!" Zijuan smiled and dragged a few big girls to her room.

If there is anything bad about this Luomei Courtyard, it might be that there are not many houses.Previously, Mrs. Wang had always thought that when Daiyu came back this time, only Zijuan and Xueyan would follow, and at worst, Nanny Song would be added.Unexpectedly, Daiyu brought these people here in such a mighty way.But because the yard has been repaired, I have to pretend to be deaf and dumb as I don't know.In fact, I still complain that Daiyu is ignorant. After all, these people come in, and the food and clothing costs are not small.

When Zicuckoo brought people into Luomeiyuan, she immediately realized this problem.So he quickly discussed with Nanny Song, and let the women who had arranged for the night watch to return to the rented house.Nanny Song and Mother Zhao brought Zhitao and other third-class girls to live in the outer courtyard, and they lived in the inner courtyard with Xueyan, Mu Qing, Xiuju, Er Rong, Er Qian and Miss Teng's two little girls.

As soon as he entered Zijuan's room, although Xiren didn't show it on the face, he felt uncomfortable for a while.At that time, Zijuan was just a second-class little girl, if Miss Lin hadn't come, she wouldn't have a bright future.Unexpectedly, such an encounter happened today.I saw that Zijuan and Xueyan's houses were not as well furnished as the second and fourth girls, and also saw that the jewelry materials that Zijuan brought to everyone were all top-grade.The pantothenic acid words couldn't be closed, so he blurted out: "Miss Lin's family is really rich, and you gave us such a good thing like this."

Zicuckoo smiled lightly, but did not answer.Xueyan didn't care about these things, she was originally an out-of-the-box temperament, and in the past few years, she had to tolerate everything in order not to cause troubles for her own girls.Today is different from the past, Xueyan said crisply: "Sister Xiren is joking, there are no good things in Baoyu, and we are afraid that these things will not catch my sister's eyes." Xueyan looked at it, and couldn't help being deeply surprised when she looked at it.In just one year, Xueyan had changed so much, she was no longer the obedient little girl who followed Zijuan's side, and her whole body became fierce.

Xiren was about to speak when he heard a voice outside the window saying: "Miss Zijuan, the steward Zhou of the outer courtyard brought the water sign and asked the girl to order the items purchased here. Aunt Chen also sent a message to ask the girl how many of us are here?" Order dinner."

When Zicuckoo heard this, she said goodbye to several people with a smile, walked out of the house, and explained the matter to the woman who sent the message in detail.Seeing that Zijuan was clearly in charge, Xiren couldn't help being a little bit jealous.

Jin Chuan'er looked at Xi Ren with great interest, and then at Ying'er who was looking around, feeling bored for a while, so she staggered towards the yard.Zijuan also saw Jin Chuan'er leaving the house, and thought she had something to do, so she didn't care.

Unexpectedly, within a quarter of an hour, Jin Chuan'er and Baoyu's screams sounded in the yard, which added excitement to the already accident-filled day.